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Iowa women's basketball offers top-10 2028 recruit Arianna Robinson
Hawk Central - Iowa
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Iowa women's basketball added another name to their impressive list of prospects by extending an offer to 2028 four-star guard Arianna Robinson on Thursday. At 5-foot-10, the Texas native currently stars for Plano East High School's varsity squad,...
Trump Admin Greenlights $1.26 Billion Fort Bliss Detention Hub to Tackle Illegal Immigration Surge
Townhall
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July 26, 2025
The Trump administration awarded more than a billion-dollar contract to build the largest illegal immigrant detention center in U.S. history. The decisive move aimed to restore law and order, manage the surge of illegal immigration, and ensure...
Why this Milwaukee Lutheran group is suing the Trump administration
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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A Milwaukee-based Lutheran group is among several faith communities suing President Donald Trump's administration over a policy allowing immigration arrests at houses of worship, saying it violates members' First Amendment rights and their...
AAU Junior Olympics 2025 Schedule For Tuesday, July 29
FloTrack - Texas
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July 29, 2025
The 2025 AAU Junior Olympics are already halfway done, and the nation's prime youth track and field athletes are hitting new personal records as they hope to start their professional careers. Hosted in Houston, Texas, all track and field events...
A DACA recipient accidentally drove into Mexico. Now he’s being fast-tracked for deportation.
The San Diego Union-Tribune - California
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July 29, 2025
A rideshare driver allowed to live in the U.S. under a program for immigrants who arrived undocumented as children said that he mistakenly drove into Tijuana while transporting passengers near San Ysidro. Now, Erick Alexander Hernández, a...
Harper Watters Shatters Barriers As Houston Ballet’s First Black, Gay Principal Dancer
Black Enterprise
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July 26, 2025
Watters first danced his way into the ballet scene at 16 years old by joining a six-week summer intensive program with Houston Ballet. You may have seen him gracefully dancing on your TikTok timeline but now Harper Watters is dancing into a new...
Texas hospitals, clinics spared the worst of GOP Medicaid cuts. An expected rise in the uninsured rate could change that.
KPRC - Texas
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July 25, 2025
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ already-strained health care system is bracing for deeper challenges when federal Affordable Care Act and Medicaid...
The Heartbeat of Texas Southern University Legacy – TSU News
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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July 26, 2025
HBCU News Spotlight: At Texas Southern University, the Ocean of Soul Marching Band is more than a performance group, it is a vital force driving academic success, school spirit, and community pride. Serving as both a performance laboratory and a...
Mizzou women's golf reveals slate for 2025-26 campaign
Bloomer Advance - Wisconsin
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Mizzou women's golf unveiled its schedule for the 2025-26 season Friday, featuring the Johnie Imes Invitational on Sept. 22-23 at The Club at Old Hawthorne. Tee times for the events will be revealed at a later date. Before the Tigers host their...
Millions Told To Avoid Drive-Thru Lanes
Newsweek
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July 29, 2025
Millions of drivers have been urged to steer clear of drive-thru lanes in a bid to improve air quality amid a string of pollution warnings across a swathe of the US. Poor air across Minnesota and Texas prompted forecasters at the National Weather...
The nation’s founders would be horrified by the way today’s politicians mix church & state
LGBTQ Nation - California
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July 26, 2025
At Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and evangelical Christian pastor, Rev. Franklin Graham offered the opening invocation. A Jewish rabbi, Ari Berman, president of the...
World News | Muslim Leaders Increase Security After Vandalism Reports at Texas, California Mosques
Latestly
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July 26, 2025
Texas, Jul 26 (AP) After a spate of vandalism reports involving graffiti at a few mosques in Texas and California, Muslim leaders there have stepped up existing efforts to keep their sacred spaces and community members safe. The incidents and...
Texans, Democrats condemn GOP redistricting plans at first public hearing
Crossroads Today - Texas
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Speaking to two dozen state lawmakers, a packed hearing room, two overflow rooms and a robust virtual waiting room, Texans condemned the Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map at the House redistricting committee’s first public...
Three Salvadoran Illegal Aliens Arrested for Online Solicitation of Minors in Texas Sting Operation
Breitbart
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July 26, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas — Three illegal aliens from El Salvador were arrested by Houston Police Department investigators after they allegedly attempted to meet up with underage girls. The arrests are part of an ongoing sting operation targeting dating...
KTSU faces funding crisis after congressional cuts to public broadcasting
Defender Network - Texas
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July 29, 2025
Congress’s decision to eliminate more than $1 billion in funding for public broadcasting is more than a budgetary blow — it’s a direct hit to stations like KTSU 90.9FM, the heart of community radio at Texas Southern University. For 53 years, the...
Use your words well
The Houston Home Journal - Georgia
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July 29, 2025
In last week’s article, I mentioned that my father spent most of his life both pastoring a church and working in the HVAC field. He has long retired from heating and air work, but he continues to preach and pastor. In that previous article I...
How Do Kids in Top-Spending States Perform on NAEP? Not as Well as You’d Think
The 74
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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Money matters in education, but it’s no guarantee of student success. Take New York, for example. In its latest “Making the Grade” report, the Education Law...
“What an absolutely brainless argument” — Melanie King reacts to James Talarico’s statement about selective Voter ID recognition in Texas
Sportskeeda
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July 26, 2025
YouTuber Melanie King recently slammed James Talarico for his statement about selective Voter ID recognition in Texas, calling him someone who has "just finished his freshman year in civics class." On the July 18 episode of the Joe Rogan...
Texas’ medical marijuana set to bar synthetic THC
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 25, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas -- Proponents of banning synthetic hemp-derived THC consumables are trying to build support for Texas' recently expanded medical marijuana program, stressing that it provides a safer and more effective alternative to the unregulated...
Pepperpalooza Brings the Heat to the Dallas Arboretum August 9
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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DALLAS, Texas – July 29, 2025 — From sweet bell peppers to fiery habaneros, the Dallas Arboretum’s Cultivate Series turns up the heat with Pepperpalooza, a one-day celebration of peppers, flavor, and fun. Held Saturday, August 9 from 10 a.m.–3...